Hundreds of Millions of PC Components Still Have Hackable Firmware

Published: Feb. 20, 2020, 6:20 a.m.

That laptop on your desk or server on a data center rack isn't so much a computer as a network of them. Its interconnected devices\u2014from hard drives to webcams to trackpads, largely sourced from third parties\u2014have their own dedicated chips and code as well.